<s>
is	O
a	O
2004	O
platform	O
and	O
score-attack	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
follows	O
the	O
gorilla	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
as	O
he	O
sets	O
out	O
to	O
defeat	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
evil	O
kings	O
and	O
conquer	O
the	O
jungle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jungle	O
Beat	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
DK	O
Bongos	O
,	O
a	O
bongo	O
drum-style	O
GameCube	B-Device
controller	I-Device
created	O
for	O
the	O
Donkey	B-Application
Konga	I-Application
(	O
2003	O
)	O
rhythm	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	B-Device
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
through	O
various	O
side-scrolling	O
levels	O
as	O
he	O
collects	O
bananas	O
,	O
swings	O
on	O
vines	O
,	O
chains	O
combos	O
,	O
rides	O
animals	O
,	O
and	O
defeats	O
enemies	O
and	O
bosses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
debut	O
project	O
of	O
the	O
65-member	O
Nintendo	O
EAD	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
development	O
began	O
around	O
July	O
2003	O
,	O
after	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
suggested	O
that	O
Nintendo	O
should	O
commission	O
a	O
new	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koizumi	O
conceived	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
used	O
the	O
DK	O
Bongos	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
standard	O
gamepad	B-Device
to	O
control	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
,	O
and	O
applied	O
lessons	O
he	O
had	O
learned	O
from	O
previous	O
projects	O
during	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
tone	O
differed	O
from	O
previous	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
games	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
excluded	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
franchise	O
's	O
existing	O
elements	O
and	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jungle	O
Beat	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
December	O
2004	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
West	O
in	O
2005	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
game	O
since	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
64	I-Application
(	O
1999	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
EAD	O
Tokyo	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
(	O
2007	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
refined	O
concepts	O
that	O
were	O
introduced	O
in	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jungle	O
Beat	O
was	O
rereleased	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
New	B-Device
Play	I-Device
Control	I-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
line	O
of	O
GameCube	B-Application
ports	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
in	O
2008	O
;	O
the	O
port	O
contains	O
reworked	O
controls	B-Device
and	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
downloadable	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Device
Kong	I-Device
Jungle	I-Device
Beat	I-Device
is	O
a	O
2.5D	O
platform	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
previous	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
games	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	B-Device
the	O
gorilla	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
side-scrolling	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
a	O
simple	O
plot	O
:	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
sets	O
out	O
on	O
a	O
journey	O
to	O
defeat	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
evil	O
kings	O
and	O
conquer	O
the	O
jungle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
a	O
traditional	O
GameCube	B-Device
controller	I-Device
,	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
DK	O
Bongos	O
,	O
a	O
controller	O
that	O
resembles	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
bongo	O
drums	O
and	O
was	O
previously	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Donkey	B-Application
Konga	I-Application
(	O
2003	O
)	O
music	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hitting	O
the	O
individual	O
drums	O
causes	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
to	O
move	O
;	O
the	O
player	O
hits	O
both	O
drums	O
to	O
jump	O
and	O
claps	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
the	O
DK	O
Bongos	O
 '	O
built-in	O
microphone	O
to	O
send	O
a	O
shockwave	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
uses	O
these	O
controls	B-Device
to	O
perform	O
backflips	O
,	O
slap	O
the	O
terrain	O
,	O
swing	O
on	O
vines	O
,	O
and	O
jump	O
between	O
walls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beats	O
also	O
serve	O
as	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	O
health	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
loses	O
beats	O
if	O
they	O
are	O
damaged	O
by	O
enemies	O
or	O
hazards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
beat	O
count	O
reaches	O
zero	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
receives	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
and	O
must	O
restart	O
the	O
kingdom	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
,	O
certain	O
levels	O
feature	O
rideable	O
animals	O
,	O
each	O
providing	O
a	O
unique	O
attribute	O
:	O
squirrels	O
allow	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
to	O
glide	O
slowly	O
through	O
the	O
air	O
;	O
wildebeests	O
charge	O
right	O
continuously	O
and	O
plow	O
through	O
objects	O
that	O
provide	O
bananas	O
;	O
orcas	O
carry	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
through	O
water	O
;	O
and	O
birds	O
allow	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
to	O
fly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Device
Kong	I-Device
Jungle	I-Device
Beat	I-Device
was	O
the	O
debut	O
project	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
EAD	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
development	O
division	O
of	O
Japanese	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
Nintendo	O
that	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
2003	O
with	O
a	O
65-person	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
started	O
planning	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
new	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
game	O
internally	O
when	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
developer	O
Rare	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
September	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
development	O
began	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
shortly	O
after	O
EAD	O
Tokyo	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
July	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Division	O
heads	O
Yoshiaki	O
Koizumi	O
and	O
Takao	O
Shimizu	O
—	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
led	O
development	O
on	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Sunshine	I-Application
(	O
2002	O
)	O
—	O
respectively	O
served	O
as	O
director	O
and	O
producer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
creator	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
and	O
Takashi	O
Tezuka	O
also	O
served	O
as	O
producers	O
,	O
while	O
Sunshine	O
programmer	O
Koichi	O
Hayashida	O
was	O
the	O
assistant	O
director	O
and	O
contributed	O
to	O
some	O
level	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jungle	O
Beat	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
game	O
since	O
Rare	O
's	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
64	I-Application
(	O
1999	O
)	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
"	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
stopgap	O
than	O
a	O
permanent	O
status	O
quo	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
concept	O
originated	O
at	O
Nintendo	O
EAD	O
's	O
primary	O
office	O
in	O
Kyoto	O
,	O
shortly	O
before	O
staff	O
moved	O
to	O
Tokyo	O
to	O
form	O
the	O
new	O
division	O
,	O
when	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
creator	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
suggested	O
that	O
Koizumi	O
and	O
Shimizu	O
develop	O
a	O
new	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koizumi	O
and	O
Shimizu	O
were	O
presented	O
the	O
DK	O
Bongos	O
during	O
a	O
meeting	O
regarding	O
Donkey	B-Application
Konga	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Koizumi	O
conceived	O
the	O
central	O
idea	O
for	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
upon	O
seeing	O
players	O
 '	O
reactions	O
to	O
using	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koizumi	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
handled	O
character	O
controls	B-Device
and	O
virtual	O
camera	O
systems	O
on	O
previous	O
projects	O
,	O
had	O
been	O
"	O
hearing	O
from	O
many	O
people	O
"	O
that	O
controlling	O
characters	O
in	O
modern	O
games	O
was	O
becoming	O
challenging	O
and	O
harbored	O
a	O
desire	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
simple	O
control	O
scheme	O
that	O
did	O
not	O
rely	O
on	O
a	O
traditional	O
gamepad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
chose	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
camera	O
angle	O
when	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
encounters	O
an	O
enemy	O
—	O
altering	O
the	O
control	O
scheme	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
—	O
to	O
keep	O
his	O
abilities	O
and	O
the	O
action	B-Application
varied	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
reflected	O
the	O
simplicity	O
through	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
which	O
only	O
features	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
trying	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
"	O
;	O
they	O
sought	O
to	O
narrate	O
through	O
the	O
gameplay	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
tone	O
differed	O
from	O
previous	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
games	O
,	O
EAD	O
Tokyo	O
excluded	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
recurring	O
characters	O
and	O
elements	O
,	O
aside	O
from	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
himself	O
and	O
bananas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miyamoto	O
supervised	O
EAD	O
Tokyo	O
and	O
reviewed	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
content	O
throughout	O
development	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
role	O
he	O
played	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Rare	O
's	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
he	O
did	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Wind	I-Application
Waker	I-Application
(	O
2002	O
)	O
,	O
sound	O
programmer	O
Masafumi	O
Kawamura	O
attempted	O
to	O
synchronize	O
the	O
music	O
with	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
like	O
when	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
jumps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
announced	O
Donkey	B-Device
Kong	I-Device
Jungle	I-Device
Beat	I-Device
in	O
May	O
2004	O
and	O
showcased	O
it	O
at	O
E3	O
2004	O
that	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
showing	O
,	O
in	O
July	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
won	O
two	O
Game	O
Critics	O
Awards	O
—	O
selected	O
by	O
journalists	O
from	O
publications	O
such	O
as	O
Time	O
,	O
Entertainment	O
Weekly	O
,	O
and	O
CNN	B-Architecture
—	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Original	O
Game	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Best	O
Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor	O
Game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
European	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
game	O
DK	B-Application
:	I-Application
King	I-Application
of	I-Application
Swing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jungle	O
Beat	O
was	O
released	O
when	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
had	O
mostly	O
been	O
relegated	O
to	O
spin-offs	O
and	O
supporting	O
roles	O
in	O
other	O
Nintendo	O
franchises	O
,	O
following	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Rare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MTV	O
opined	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
"	O
required	O
a	O
Mario-size	O
leap	O
of	O
faith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MTV	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
DK	O
Bongos	O
were	O
introduced	O
before	O
instrument-controlled	O
games	O
like	O
Guitar	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
became	O
popular	O
,	O
suggesting	O
audiences	O
were	O
apprehensive	O
towards	O
the	O
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
fans	O
saw	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
as	O
"	O
merely	O
an	O
aside	O
to	O
the	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
platforming	O
saga	O
"	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Rare	O
's	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
trilogy	O
(	O
1994	O
–	O
1996	O
)	O
that	O
they	O
wanted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
rereleased	O
Donkey	B-Device
Kong	I-Device
Jungle	I-Device
Beat	I-Device
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
New	B-Device
Play	I-Device
Control	I-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
games	O
,	O
a	O
product	O
line	O
comprising	O
seven	O
updated	O
ports	O
of	O
GameCube	B-Application
games	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rerelease	O
,	O
New	B-Device
Play	I-Device
Control	I-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Device
Kong	I-Device
Jungle	I-Device
Beat	I-Device
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
December	O
11	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
line	O
's	O
first	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
downloadable	O
game	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
's	O
eShop	B-Application
on	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
lieu	O
of	O
the	O
DK	O
Bongos	O
,	O
the	O
New	B-Device
Play	I-Device
Control	I-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
version	O
of	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
is	O
controlled	O
using	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
,	O
using	O
its	O
Nunchuk	O
accessory	O
to	O
control	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	O
movement	O
and	O
its	O
motion	B-Application
detection	I-Application
feature	O
to	O
clap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Donkey	B-Device
Kong	I-Device
Jungle	I-Device
Beat	I-Device
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
across	O
both	O
its	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
praised	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
's	O
graphics	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
DK	O
's	O
fur	O
makes	O
StarFox	O
Adventures	O
models	O
look	O
primitive	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
primary	O
criticisms	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
past	O
characters	O
and	O
elements	O
from	O
Rare	O
's	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Non	O
video-game	O
publications	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Common	O
Sense	O
Media	O
gave	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EAD	O
Tokyo	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
develop	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
(	O
2007	O
)	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
was	O
acclaimed	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
timeAttributed	O
to	O
multiple	O
sources	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
bestselling	B-Device
Wii	I-Device
games	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destructoid	O
said	O
the	O
connections	O
between	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
and	O
Galaxy	O
were	O
obvious	O
when	O
considering	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
"	O
level	O
of	O
imagination	O
and	O
surrealism	O
...	O
 [ which ] 	O
was	O
n't	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
[	O
Donkey	O
Kong	O
Country ]	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Kotaku	O
noted	O
further	O
parallels	O
between	O
level	O
tropes	O
in	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
and	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
2010	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
,	O
the	O
DK	O
Bongos	O
only	O
saw	O
use	O
in	O
two	O
Donkey	B-Application
Konga	I-Application
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Odama	B-Device
(	O
2006	O
)	O
was	O
dropped	O
prior	O
to	O
release	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
planned	O
DK	O
Bongos-controlled	O
racing	O
game	O
,	O
DK	B-Application
Bongo	I-Application
Blast	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
as	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Barrel	I-Application
Blast	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
without	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
series	O
did	O
not	O
receive	O
another	O
major	O
installment	O
until	O
2010	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
Retro	O
Studios-developed	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
Returns	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrospectively	O
,	O
journalists	O
have	O
cited	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeremy	O
Parish	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Polygon	O
,	O
considered	O
it	O
the	O
franchise	O
's	O
best	O
game	O
behind	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
summarizing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
one-of-a-kind	O
thing	O
that	O
really	O
should	O
n't	O
work	O
but	O
absolutely	O
does	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Brawl	I-Application
(	O
2008	O
)	O
includes	O
a	O
stage	O
based	O
on	O
Jungle	O
Beat	O
Rumble	O
Falls	O
level	O
,	O
while	O
one	O
of	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	O
attacks	O
in	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
